A MAN ENDED UP PINNED UNDER A RIDING LAWN MOWER...IN SOME WATER ... THIS MORNING IN GREENVILLE. AS WYFF NEWS FOUR'S MYRA RUIZ REPORT...SOME QUICK- THINKING AND STRONG BYSTANDERS HELPED BRING HIM TO SAFETY. THIS BENT-UP...HEAVY-DUTY PIECE OF LAWN EQUIPMENT DID NOT GET THE BEST OF THE MAN PINNED BENEATH IT. "Well, he's doing quite well now." GREENVILLE FIRE INSPECTOR CLAUDE TURNER SAYS AN EMPLOYEE WITH THE CITY'S PARKS AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT WAS MOWING AT CLEVELAND PARK...NEAR THE BANK OF THIS WATERWAY. "As much rain as we've had in the past days, it made the ground real soft and when he got a little too close, he went over the side." "And so when I first got here, I saw a puff of smoke and I saw a guy running." JOHN CLARK...WITH THE NICHOLTOWN COMMUNITY CENTER...WAS HERE WITH A GROUP OF SUMMER CAMP KIDS...WHEN HE HEARD SOMEONE YELL THAT A MAN WAS IN THE WATER. "...and so I gave my phone to a friend here a co worker to call the police." "He was upside down -- pinned face down into the water -- with the lawn mower on top of him." CLARK SAYS HE AND ANOTHER MAN LIFTED THE LAWNMOWER...AS A THIRD MAN PULLED THE GROUNDSKEEPER TO SAFETY...JUST AS EMERGENCY CREWS ARRIVED. A QUICK RIDE TO THE PARK...TURNED INTO A LIFE LESSON FOR THESE KIDS.. "No matter what happens, just don't be so afraid to help someone." MYRA RUIZ, WYFF, NEWS FOUR, GREENVILLE. EMERGENCY WORKERS SAY HAZ MAT CREWS CONTAINED THE FUEL SPILL QUICKLY. IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE WATERWAY.

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